- a day in pompeii -

that is what the advertisers of the pompeii exhibition here in taipei said but it only took us about 2 hours to see everything - and that already includes the ~30 minute-film showing -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.shtml

let me make myself clear, i'm not bitching :). i actually liked the exhibition.

pompeii was destroyed with the eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 AD(http://www.click2disasters.com/pompeii/pompeii_ch1.htm). the exhibition at the national taiwan science education center (http://www.ntsec.gov.tw/ntsec-english/special/special.html) featured some of the artifacts unearthed from the site - cooking items, jewelries, statues of their gods and godesses and the highlight - cast of some of the people/animals who died. it's too bad that cameras were not allowed. the only souvenirs that i got are -

(1) a stamp on my arm















(2) a museum ticket
















and
(3) an eye-opening experience to an important moment in history and a lingering interest to know more about it.

ps. i just bought a book on mythology.